White House petition to bring troops home from Afghanistan

The United States has been at war in Afghanistan for over 11 years, which makes it the longest war with US ground troops in history.

The Congressional Research Service says the US has spent $557 billion in Afghanistan from 2001 through 2012.

66,000 US troops remain in Afghanistan as of January 2013.

Reports indicate the Administration may decide to keep as many as 15,000 US troops in Afghanistan in 2015 and beyond.

Over 2,000 US soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan and tens of thousands have come home wounded.

Therefore, We the People demand all US troops be brought home from Afghanistan now.

I started this petition after reading that the first casualty of 2013 was of a 28 year old soldier killed on January 10 and that only two national media news organization have reported on it (no CNN, NY Times, Reuters, etc).

Now, Mitch McConnell is saying that we need at least 10,000 troops beyond 2014 and the Administration is deciding how many to leave behind rather than when to bring them all home.

Although this won't change policy, I'm hoping the media will report on this petition (since they have been doing it a lot recently) and bring awareness to the situation.

People are tired of this war so please share and let them express their frustration by signing this petition. It needs 150 signatures before it becomes open and searchable to the public.

I bet the people in the White House just laugh at silly petitions. People really think these are going to do anything?

It's just infuriating that there are NONE. What happened to the antiwar left? Let's put it in their faces and at least maybe a few will think about it. And the media does report when it reaches a level it needs to be addressed by the white house per Obama's promise.

But no, I don't sign these generally, because I think Obama does it to cherry pick what he wants to do anyhow and claim a mandate, ignoring those he'd rather not see - unless they become cause celebre like the Piers Morgan one.

"Integrity means having to say things that people don't want to hear & especially to say things that the regime doesn't want to hear.” -Ron Paul

"Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it." -Edward Snowden

I bet the people in the White House just laugh at silly petitions. People really think these are going to do anything?

If you think the only goal is to actually get Obama to bring all the troops home, then yea, it's not going to accomplish that.

However, more political people understand that certain actions generate media attention and can help the cause in other ways.

Look at the Death Star petition. You think the actual goal was to build a death star? Come on...

It got almost 35k people to sign a petition and probably many to think about how absurd it is to waste money building something useless. Then after the White House responded, every media organization reported on it.

Is anyone keeping track of how many meaningful-not-farfetched White House petitions have logged a significant number of signatures, only to be dismissed with some variation of THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST?

Is anyone keeping track of how many meaningful-not-farfetched White House petitions have logged a significant number of signatures, only to be dismissed with some variation of THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST?

The main point isn't to get a White House response. It's to generate media attention and to remind people that there are still tens of thousands of troops there and they will not all be brought home even after 2014.

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